Water crisis hits Dhankuta

Dhankuta, July 21 People have been reeling under acute drinking water crisis after the flood cause by incessant rainfall swept away water pipes in the district headquarters of Dhankuta. Water was supplied to the locals of Ward No 7 of Dhankuta...

Travel 22 Jul, 2019

Drought hits Bhojpur hard

Bhojpur, July 6 Farmers in Bhojpur have been a worried lot due to a prolonged drought that has taken toll on their crops and made life difficult in the hilly district. The long drought has particularly hit maize farmers as their crops have wilted...

Travel 07 Jul, 2019

Locals stage rally against water crunch

Bajura, June 19 Locals took to the street and staged a rally against the scarcity of drinking water for the past two weeks in Bajura headquarters Martadi today morning. Martadi has been reeling under acute shortage of drinking water ever since...

Travel 20 Jun, 2019

Water crunch hits displaced quake survivors

Gorkha, February 21 A settlement of earthquake survivors at Simalchour of Gorkha Municipality has been facing acute shortage of drinking water. Earthquake survivors displaced from Kerauja are now residing in Simalchour. They have to spend more...

Travel 22 Feb, 2019

Dhading folks reeling under water crisis

Dhading, April 24 People living in the southern belt of Dhading district have been reeling under acute shortage of drinking water for years. Water crisis has hit Dhunibesi and Nilkantha municipalities, and Thakre, Galchhi, Gajuri, Benighat,...

Travel 25 Apr, 2018

Water shortage hits Halesi Tuwachung folks hard

Khotang, February 10 Locals at Halesi Tuwachung Municipality are facing an acute water shortage after water sources dried up in Khotang. Bahunidanda, Jhapa, Thumka, Dhikerbot, Pakamche, Chukham, among other places, are reeling under acute...

Travel 11 Feb, 2018

Rebuilding sluggish in Ramechhap

Ramechhap, April 26 Two years have gone by since the 2015 earthquake damaged several houses in Ramechhap like in many other districts. However, the reconstruction process is moving at a slow pace with just 890 out of 43,000 houses rebuilt in one of...

Travel 27 Apr, 2017

Brick kilns invading villages in Dhading

Dhading, April 23 Brick kilns have taken over many villages at Dhunibeshi of Dhading, encroaching upon arable land and billowing clouds of smoke in the air. Over 50 brick kilns have been set up in a span of two years in Jeevanpur,...

Travel 24 Apr, 2017

Water crunch hits Udayapur Dalit settlement

Gaighat, April 10 People in Keurini, Gadi Rural Municipality of Udayapur have been reeling under acute shortage of water. Around 50 Sarki households in the village have been facing drinking water crisis with the onset of summer. “There is no...

Travel 11 Apr, 2017

�New sanitation law soon�

Dhangadi, February 16 Minister for Drinking Water and Sanitation Prem Bahadur Singh today said that the government was preparing to draft a new law related to sanitation to establish the country as an open defecation free state at the...

Travel 17 Feb, 2017

Over dozen Mahottari VDCs reeling under water shortage

MAHOTTARI: Locals of over a dozen VDCs in Mahottari district have been reeling under acute shortage of drinking water. People at Pashupatinagar, Kisannagar, Hatilet, Laxminiya, Belgachhi, Phulkaha, Ramnagar, Bardibas, Gauribas, Khaymara, Bijalpura,...

Travel 09 Jan, 2017

Chepangs seek resettlement from famine-hit Brushbang

Brushbang, December 11 As many as 31 households of Chepangs, a nomadic community, living in far flung Mahadevsthan of Brushbang, Dhading, have sought resettlement in better places owing to famine and water crunch. Brushbang is located at an...

Travel 12 Dec, 2016